Martin & Doris Rosen Summer Symposium Agenda

This agenda is a work in progress and is subject to change.

Eighth Annual Martin and Doris Rosen Summer Symposium
Remembering the Holocaust:
A Summer Symposium for Educators and the Community
July 18 - 23, 2009

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SATURDAy, July 18

• 12:30-2:30 p.m. - Participating Teachers move into Residence Hall (Appalachian Heights Residence Hall)
• 6:30-8:30 p.m. - BBQ dinner on the Lawn (Appalachian Heights Residence Hall)

SUnday, July 19

• 10:00 - 12:00 : History of Judaism
• 12:00 - 1:00 : Jewish meal with the Friends (e-mail or call for reservations ) (Broyhill Inn and Conference Center)
• 1:00 - 4:00 : Jewish Culture
• 5:30 - 7:30 : Opening Banquet (by invitation)(Broyhill Inn and Conference Center Helen Powers Room)

MONday, JuLY 20

• 8:30 - 9:15 : Opening Session/Agenda Overview (Comments: Marilyn Ramo, Friend of the Center Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies)
• 9:15 - 10:45 : Historical Overview of the Holocaust (David Klevan, USHMM Education Manager for the Division of Outreach Technology)
• 10:45 - 11:00 : Break
• 11:00 - 12:15 : USHMM.ORG - Online Resources for Learning & Teaching about the Holocaust (David Klevan, USHMM Education Manager for the Division of Outreach Technology)
• 12:15 - 1:00 : Lunch Break
• 1:00 - 2:30 : “In the Mind of the Perpetrator” -- Includes film excerpt from "Conspiracy" (Dr. Michael Berenbaum)
• 2:45 - 4:00 : Warsaw Ghetto Resistance (Dr. Michael Berenbaum)
• 4:00 - 7:30 : Dinner (on your own)
• 7:30 - 9:00 : Keynote Evening : "How Much More Do We Know About the Holocuast? What are we Still Likely to Learn?" (Prof. Michael Berenbaum, Founding Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, author, film consultant, and currently Professor of Religion, University of Judaism in Los Angeles)

Tuesday, JuLY 21

• 8:30 - 8:45 : Review, Reflection, Questions
• 9:00 - 10:30 : Film and the Holocaust (Linda Scher)
• 10:30 - 10:45 : Break
• 10:45 - 12:00 : Film and the Holocaust Cont. (Linda Scher)
• 12:00 - 1:00 : Lunch Break
• 1:00 - 3:30 : Holocaust Survivor Testimony (Manfred Katz)
• 3:30 - 7:30 : Dinner (on your own)
• 7:30 - 9:30 : Keynote Evening - "The Nuremburg Laws" Professor Harry Reicher; University of Pennsylvania Law School, Scholar-in-Residence, Touro Law Center

wednesday, July 22

• 8:30 - 8:45 : Review, Reflection, Questions
• 8:45 - 10:30 : Teacher Workshop
• 10:30 - 10:45 : Break
• 10:45 - 12:00 : Elie Wiesel and Night (Zohara Boyd, Rosemary Horowitz, Rennie Brantz)
• 11:45 - 1:00 : Lunch Break
• 1:00 - 3:00 : Literature of the Holocaust (Lee Holder, Teacher in Residence)
• 2:30 - 2:45 : Break
• 2:45 - 4:00 : Literature of the Holocaust Cont. (Lee Holder, Teacher in Residence/Facilitator)
• 4:00 - 7:30 : Dinner (on your own)
• 7:30 - 9:30 : Keynote Evening Presentation Topic - "Children of Buchenwald" (Dr. Ken Waltzer)

Thursday, JuLY 23

• (Participating teachers will need to check-out of their rooms between 7:00 and 8:30 am)
• 7:00 - 9:00 : Dicussion/Questions with Ken Waltzer
• 9:00 - 10:30 : Using Survivor Testimony in the Classroom (Dr. Rosemary Horowitz, Co-director of the Center)
• 10:30 - 10:45 : Break
• 10:45 - 12:00 : "Did They Fight Back? Jewish Resistance, Resilience, and Survival Strategies during the Holocaust." (John Cox)
• 12:00 - 1:00 : Lunch Break
• 1:00 - 2:15 : Discussion of Simon Wiesenthal's “Sunflower” (Drs. Boyd, Brantz, and Horowitz)
• 2:15 - 3:00 : Legacy of the Holocaust for Today (John Cox)
• 3:00 - 3:30 : Closure, Recognitions, Graduation

 

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Symposium Presenters

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Dr. Michael Berenbaum: Founding Director of U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, author, film consultant, and currently Professor of Religion, University of Judaism in Los Angeles

Dr. Peter Cohen: Professor of the Philosophy and Religion Department, Clemson University in Clemson, SC

Dr. John Cox: Assistant Professor of Modern European History, Florida Gulf Coast University

Lee Holder, Chair of the Social Studies Department at North Lenoir High School

Mr. David Klevan: Education Manager in the Division of Outreach Technology at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Dr. Harry Reicher: University of Pennsylvania Law School; Scholar-in-Residence, Touro Law Center

Linda Scher, Education Coordinator, NC Council on the Holocaust

Dr. Ken Waltzer, Professor of History, Michigan State University

Manfred Katz , Holocaust Survivor

 

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Acknowledgments

          We gratefully acknowledge those who have enabled our                            Symposium to succeed. We thank you all.

 

Martin & Doris Rosen

 

Participating Members of Steering Committee for Friends of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies:

 

Appalachian State University Faculty & Additional Speakers:

Dr. Zohara Boyd, Professor of English Emeritus
Co-director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies

Dr. Rennie Brantz, Professor of History
Co-director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies

Dr. Rosemary Horowitz, Professor of English
Co-director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, & Peace Studies

Ruth Etkin, Steering Committee Member

Stan Etkin, Steering Committee Member

Marilyn Ramo, Friend of the Center

Ben Fogel, Friend of the Center

 

Appalachian State University's:

College of Arts and Sciences
College of Education
Departments of English & History
Carol Grotnes Belk Library
Broyhill Inn and Conference Center
University Bookstore

 

And the following organizations and community supports:

Conference on Jewish Materials Claims Against the German Government
Leon Levine Foundation
NC Governor’s Council on the Holocaust
Boone Jewish Community and Temple of the High Country
Havurah of the High Country

 

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In Memoriam

The Center and all its friends grieve the passing of our dear friends and family.